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> made in China (as are almost all consumer electronics), but that seems like a far more general problem to solve.

Production does not mean capacity.

Obvious one is Tesla. has alot of solar capacity but doesn't make alot of sales since they are at the high end of the market. Same with Misson Solar and Solaria.

If we took a hard stance on trading with China it would hurt alot of the big name players, there would be alot of constraints for a while, but would give smaller, US Based manufacturers with more capacity than sales time to shine.

There is no way around the labor equation in products without effective legislation.




Eh? Tesla's the cheapest I've seen on a per-installed-watt basis, unless you mean solar roof?


My point was that there are domestic suppliers.




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